Leslie Jones Announced As Host of 2017 BET Awards

Leslie Jones’ career continues a ceiling journey. The SNL and Ghostbusters star is prepared to step on a large theatre by her secluded and has landed her initial awards uncover hosting gig. Jones will horde a 2017 BET Awards.

The proclamation was done on Wednesday (May 24). The comedian tells People she’s turning a awards uncover into a barbecue that everyone’s invited to and can gave a good time at.

“So, my idea for this uncover is to have a large ‘ol good barbecue, family reunion feel. we only wish everybody enormous up. we wish everybody withdrawal that eventuality going, ‘Wait, did they even give awards out? we was too bustling laughing.’”

Though Jones was clearly desirous by a Broadway hit Hamilton and hilariously auditioned to execute Donald Trump on SNL, don’t design her to speak politics during her initial army as an awards uncover host.

“I am sleepy of everybody being unhappy and angry. we wish people to only officious laugh. You can’t do a eventuality though touching on certain things, though I’m perplexing to make it all funny. It’s unequivocally only about pulling a elephants out of a room and, actually, I’ll make a elephant in a room giggle about it.”

The 49-year-old is vehement and shamed by a opportunity. BET was indeed a initial place she did stand-up on TV, and she says portion as a horde of BET Awards is a “full-circle moment” for her.

“I went out in a universe and did what we indispensable to do and now we can come home to my people and say, ‘Yo! Look what we did!’”

The 2017 BET Awards will atmosphere live on Jun 25. Beyoncé leads a night with 7 nominations. But let’s not design a really profound mom of twins to make a surprise appearance like final year.

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